Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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